Events

Penn State Extension Community Forestry Management Monthly Webinar Series Growing trees in a downtown commercial setting can be a major challenge when you consider they need room to grow (including rooting space); not block signs, delivery trucks or pedestrians; must tolerate salt and heat; and can’t make a mess by dropping fruit or flowers. Join …

The Choose Clean Water Conference brings together a comprehensive and diverse group of more than 300 people from throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. The conference provides a two-day forum for participants to learn about the most important and up-to-date Chesapeake restoration issues, network with fellow Chesapeake Bay supporters and activists, develop strategies to advance federal, …

Healthy Trees, Healthy People is a two-day program featuring presentations on the link between human health and community forest health, as well as information essential to the care of community trees. It is a great opportunity to share ideas with shade tree commissioners, foresters, arborists, and others. The first day will take us outside to …

This is a hands-on workshop in East Petersburg, Pennsylvania. Contact Kate Austin at austink@cityoflancasterpa.com CBLP Hands-On CEUs will be available.

The purpose of this conference is: to increase the knowledge, propagation, cultivation and use of native plants in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions to promote methods of land management and design that respect “sense of place” by preserving and restoring native species and natural processes to engender an appreciation of regionally appropriate landscapes that …

Hands-On CEU Volunteer Activity Various Dates and Times - See below.  RSVP to Grace Saunders, gsaunders@elizabethriver.org, 757-399-7487. Attire - Please bring gloves and wear shoes that can get muddy. We’ll have tools, water, snacks, sunscreen, but please bring your own lunch (if applicable). Age - This will be hard work, so we recommend adults or young …

The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, a Baltimore County-based land preservation and watershed restoration non-profit, is hosting several Rain Garden workshops in June. We’re looking for volunteers to help create rain gardens at private residences in the Baltimore area. No gardening experience required! Got flooding in your backyard? This is the perfect time to learn more about the benefits of incorporating …

Please join us for this full-day workshop, which is being developed specifically for certified CBLPs and VSLD members.  This course will combine morning lectures and afternoon field time, visiting a reference landscape and then several residential-scale projects. Lunch will be provided. Early registration- $85 (until May 25) After May 25, registration- $100 REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE …

The Urban Stormwater Workgroup recently updated the Shoreline Management BMP Expert Panel report with new nutrient reduction values. In this webcast, David will give a refresher on the Shoreline Management report and outline the recent updates. Then, Albert will provide some insights and guidance on implementing living shoreline and wetland restoration projects based upon work …

Join the Blue Ridge PRISM for Our Summer Invasives Workshops Concerned about Japanese stiltgrass, Oriental bittersweet, or multiflora rose swallowing up your land? Our summer workshops will teach you how to recognize these and other pervasive invasives in their summer garb and how to most effectively control them at this time of year. Topics covered in …